Archive for August, 2009
True Dialyze
Well, my kidneys worked without any help for 12309 days. As of today, they’ll no longer do their job without the aid of technology that’s only been around for a half-century. Ok, so I’m being a little melodramatic. They’re still working, but at 8% [Read More]
Best Blog Headline of the Past 24 Hours
Bob Cesca in The Huffington Post: Healthcare Reform Named After Ted Kennedy Must Not Suck [Read More]
Ted Kennedy
Edward M. Kennedy (1932 – 2009) Boston, from the JFK Presidential Library and Museum (02-02-2008) His family, they’ve given so much to this country. I love Ted Kennedy. I love Vicki Kennedy. And I love that whole family, and I just want everybody to know that [Read More]
No more postponements; time for the Big D
Twenty-something years after finding out I’ve got Polycystic Kidney Disease, and nineteen or so months after entering end-stage renal disease territory, I’ll be starting dialysis on Friday. I’ll have a couple of “brief” treatments at the [Read More]
Yet even more wildlife
Thursday, Herman and I encountered this turtle strolling down the sidewalk near the intersection of Green and Onslow Streets. Is this an Eastern Box Turtle? [Read More]
Slug porn
As promised, I present pictures of slugs copulating. This is perhaps the most exciting topic I have ever blogged or shall ever blog about. I did not realize initially that this slimy mass was actually two slugs. I had no idea what it was. It seemed too big to be one slug. [Read More]
Not so itsy-bitsy spider
Does anyone know anything about spiders? I saw this in my front yard today. It’s quite a beautiful creature, complete with a huge perfect web and everything. It’s not like one of those stringy messes I’m used to seeing at the top of my front door. Tomorrow [Read More]
3AM internet discoveries
Holy crap…there’s a series of YouTube videos featuring legendary “Dallas” actor Patrick Duffy and a sidekick called The Crab… (and if you only know him as the dad from “Step by Step”, please do not admit this to me, because that [Read More]
